I'm feeling much better, though I still have a bit of a sore throat and the occasional coughing.
I know I'm still heinously contagious as long as I cough, so I'm staying indoors.

Thank the Gods this hit during my holiday, though saying that I feel sorry for my friends who're sick during their work time and hard-earned holidays.


UPDATED: HOGGER IS GOING TO BE A RAID BOSS?!  Maybe I'm still wayyy sick and this is an hallucination

Yep. I am sick.
Lethargy, fatigue, high fever all last night, and my joints were achy and I kept thinking my shoulder was about to dislocate because every movement aggravated it so. And now I'm just starting to cough lots.

Hmmm... I may have to see a doctor. Isn't there some sort of fuss over flu symptoms or something?

I think I might be getting sick.
I have that thing where every movement feels cold...

I will update tomorrow when I wake up.

RIP Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett

Deleted the first attempt because you can't undo an LJ cut, apparently...


( Professional is a bit of a joke... )

So today I'm on Twitter (yes, at work and yes they know... work is super special awesome)
Anyway, I'm on Twitter and a Canadian girl I follow says that she's spilt her trail mix all over the floor and I'm not exactly sure as to what it was and so I looked it up and replied "Oh! Scroggin! Wait, you eat scroggin when you're not tramping?"
The message I get back not a minute later is "EXCUSE me?? '__' "
When a girl says "excuse me" to you she's never EVAH going "Look here chap, I didn't quite hear you. Say it again but louder. Pip pip." (no one says that) no... she's saying in no uncertain terms that you just frakked up big.
So then I get panicky and reread what I said and then I look up "Scroggin" and is like "Oh good scroggin isn't a swear word over there what could it be..." And then I look at the other major word there.

Tramping.

See, us New Zealanders say that we tramp around and it means we walk up and down mountains pretending to like it (Well... I do... pretend to like it, I mean.) BUT WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTRY (Australia is a country but I'm ignoring it)... we're the ONLY country who use "tramping" like that.

You know what I said to my poor Canadian friend?

"Wait, you eat scroggin when you're not prostituting yourself?"

Languages: words are different!

We have almost finished our placement at the Nest (Salvation Army) and we are sad to see it go.

We will not miss the clients who lie and cheat the system, nor will we miss the clients who have legitimate reasons and have clear avenues of how to improve but will never do so because it's too hard for them to change. We will not miss our own perspective changing toward a more cynical and hard demenour, and we lament the passing of our belief that everyone... everyone... is destined for greatness if given the chance to change. We also do not enjoy the possibility that this belief is still true, and that we have merely come to be so cynical that we believe that is not possible when proof to the contrary is all around us and we choose not to see it.

We will not miss the system that encourages people to stay reliant on the system that is in place, and we will not miss that this place is reactive instead of proactive. We understand that the mission statement is all about Charity, but we argue that Charity is destructive if it does not encourage people to change to a point that they no longer need it. But a lot of how this place operates means that we see people for foodbank but do not follow up and try to help change their situations beyond the lifting of a corrugated door and handing them plastic bags full of food.

But we will miss the people here, and though not a Christian ourselves, we will miss the faith that guides this place. The people here are cynical and hard to persuade that someone may be in genuine need of help although their stories would suggest not... but they persevere and give people the benefit of the doubt. They are here to help, and they do not shirk from that responsibility. And part of that is because they believe God put them there to do good, and they try.

On a more immediate note, we will miss the opportunity to get items that are donated that aren't supported or given away at the Family Store and are therefore fair game to anyone.

For example, we got a board game for $10 this afternoon, and we have never seen the likes of it before. It will be a good game, we believe, for the Games Day this Saturday.

Zraeus - Found one of the rarest mounts in the entire game
Krieghoff - Just tamed one of the rarest pets in the game.

I rule!!

THE FUTURE IS NOW, BITCHES!!

This is the basis of the game that I'm gonna create. It's gonna be complicated, huge, epic, and filled with sparkly unicorns. The following is really only for me to write down what I have so far... but I thought it'd be interesting for the rest of you to see where it's up to.

( I had more... gonna have to remember it. )

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King is my most favourite movie ever. In my mind, no other movie can beat it.

It now has to share it's place with the new Star Trek movie.

"Feh" because it aint my best work.
Heh, I'm such a tortured artist :D

Everything's a system within systems in our life.
What we do affects others in happiness or strife.
Living for oneself is the easiest thing to do.
But this holistic paradigm requires more from me and you.

It's easier to say we're right and all others are wrong.
It's for hard us to harmonise: we all sing our own song.
But everything's a system within systems every day.
And everything affects everything in what we do or say.

Our lives are intermingled and yet we're not the same.
Individuality's the fundamental game.
Everything's a system within systems it is true
But what is right and sure for me may not be right for you.

Our lives are carved out by environmental stimuli.
Genetics play a part in differences in you and I.
In each of us are systems within systems as a whole.
And each is of us is empowered by divinity and soul.

You and I see the same thing biologically,
(And for the purposes of this lesson I'm talking generally),
But with systems being coloured by our own forms systematic,
You and I see different things as we're all autocratic.

So what do we do in this world if we see not all the same?
If individuality truly is the game?
If systems within systems are compartmentalised?
If our songs are discordant when we try to harmonise?

The secret is to remember the holistic paradigm
That each of us has the power to match reason with rhyme.
Our systems within systems may not match up, it's correct
But keep in mind that what we know is right can be checked.

Do not think that you are right and the only one who's wise.
Do not think that you have facts and all others have lies.
Accept that other systems within systems can be right.
Always argue fair and square your point and never fight.

Everything's a system within systems in our life.
What we do affects others in happiness or strife.

But knowing that not one of us is right over all others,
Turns the world from conflicting views...

To one filled with sisters and brothers.

<i>Invisiblemoose</i>: I'm e-stalking you!
<i>3-2-1-letsdance</i>: Ooooo, you're e-stalking me! Outside my e-window. Touching your e-self!
<i>Invisiblemoose</i>: Sorry ...I'm not into e-males.

WHAT!? That was funny!!

I have too much time on my hands...

I don't know how many people believe there's a big difference between "?!" and "!?"